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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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That was the first time he had met a person with a limb difference. Akhtar and Nguyen flew to Quito, Ecuador, to test their product on Juan Suquillo, who lost his left hand during a 1979 border war between Ecuador and Peru. Its battery recharges in an hour, the company says. Everything that we do has the patient in mind.".

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Weaponized Robots Letter Calls for Policy, Tech Fixes

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Yesterday, six companies that build or support sophisticated mobile robots (led by Boston Dynamics). These companies are striving to make useful, general-purpose robots, and that means making them useful for anything—even things that they should not be used for. Did any companies decline to participate?

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Maersk and IBM launch TradeLens blockchain shipping solution; 154+ million shipping events already captured on platform

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Moller–Maersk and IBM announced the creation of TradeLens , jointly developed by the two companies to apply blockchain to the world’s global supply chain. Customs authorities in the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Australia and Peru are participating, along with customs brokers Ransa and Güler & Dinamik.

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Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

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Still, its first-person 3D visuals were ahead of the curve, predating more famous hits like Atari’s Battlezone. “I It got a version with its own name on the label, though Artwick continued to own his company for years to come. Yet Flight Simulator had a problem, and it was coming from inside the company: the Xbox game console.

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Ipsos study finds US among most skeptical of Autonomous Vehicles

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The study was conducted as part of its What the Future series, which couples survey data and interviews with experts in the field to see what “big questions” companies should be asking themselves about the future of their industries. This issue of What the Future focuses on mobility, and if people are ready for the coming technology.